eXistenZ

An elaborate cat-and-mouse game between human reality and game reality from David Cronenberg.

"...Directed by: David Cronenberg. Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe,..."

May 14, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crimes of the Future

Cronenberg's return to body horror is, well, Cronenbergian

"...Directed by: David Cronenberg. Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Don..."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Maps to the Stars

David Cronenberg's film, with a script by Bruce Wagner, is a darkly humorous moral fable aimed at Hollywood.

"...Directed by: David Cronenberg. Starring: Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska, Robert..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

A Dangerous Method

David Cronenberg forgoes his customary viscera for the more unknowable id as Drs. Jung and Freud hash out the origins of our unconscious impulses.

"...Directed by: David Cronenberg. Starring: Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Spider

"...Directed by: David Cronenberg. Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Lynn Redgrave, Gabriel Byrne, Miranda..."

May 2, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cooties

A horror-comedy about kids turning to zombies and the teachers they hope to feast on

"...Imagine David Cronenberg’s Rabid relocated from a drab Montreal metropolitan locale..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cell

"...remind genre fans of is the early work of David Cronenberg, particularly in the fetishistic attention paid to the..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Signal

The Signal is an audacious horror film that nonetheless veers on occasion into surreal black comedy.

"...Directed by: David Bruckner, Dan Bush and Jacob Gentry. Starring: Anessa Ramsey,..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Star Time

"...Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer with some of David Cronenberg's early work. Now imagine tossing in a bit..."

May 21, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cremaster Cycle: Part 3

Despite its numeric designation, Part 3 is the concluding installment of Barney's art cycle. It fuses mysticism and modernism and was filmed in New York's Chrysler Building and Guggenheim Museum, among other places. Barney plays the apprentice who endures torture and travails while ascending each building.

"...reputation more or less unscathed. The mainstreamed transgressions of David Lynch come in for more abuse these days than..."

July 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Surrogates

Bruce Willis is a cop in a future society where human beings live in isolation and interact through robots.

"...in this ridiculous and badly conceived flip side to David Cronenberg's Videodrome; it's a wonder the few actual "human"..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Quarantine

An L.A. apartment building is quarantined in this new horror film, and a news crew's videotape may be the only proof of the strange goings-on.

"...it does come off as 28 Weeks Later meets David Cronenberg's Rabid or, alternately, an un-fun-house mirror image of..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fist of the North Star

"...John Woo film and enough exploding craniums to render David Cronenberg a lightweight, this new example of over-the-top Japanimation..."

Jan. 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A History of Violence

Cronenberg's new horror film implicitly tackles the old question of nature vs. nurture: What are we born with and what do we acquire from our environment?

"...Directed by: David Cronenberg. Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

M. Butterfly

"...Directed by: David Cronenberg. Starring: Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa and..."

Jan. 14, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eastern Promises

In Cronenberg's film about the Russian mob in London, the director and star Viggo Mortensen relates a corker of a story.

"...Directed by: David Cronenberg. Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked Lunch

Leave it to Cronenberg to tackle William S. Burroughs' notorious – and notoriously "unfilmable" – novel. Then add in a score by Ornette Coleman.

"...Directed by: David Cronenberg. Starring: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian..."

Jan. 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cosmopolis

Even though it stars Robert Pattinson, we doubt his Twilight fans will fully appreciate this sleek, dystopian story that David Cronenberg adapted from Don DeLillo's 2003 novel.

"...Directed by: David Cronenberg. Starring: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Infinity Pool

Body doubles take on a new, sick meaning in this next gen Cronenberg horror

"...Directed by: Brandon Cronenberg. Starring: Mia Goth, Alexander Skarsgård, Thomas Kretschmann, Cleopatra Coleman..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

It Follows

A killer force is spread through sex, and it's all very creepy and evocative

"...Directed by: David Robert Mitchell. Starring: Maika Monroe, Lili Sepe, Jake Weary,..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

DVD Watch: 'Night of the Hunted'/'The Grapes of Death'

Horror auteur Rollin abandons vampires for mental decline

"...crypt reveal the cult director as a mirror of David Cronenberg...."

April 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Shrouds

Cronenberg contemplates grief and decay

"...Directed by: David Cronenberg. Starring: Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce and..."

April 25, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Scanners

Wanna see someone's head blow up and eyes pop out? Be certain of your answer before casting your gaze on Scanners, an early beaut from Toronto's king of visceral horror.

"...Directed by: David Cronenberg. Starring: Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence..."

Dec. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary

Visionary Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin films the Royal Winnepeg Ballet’s rendition of the Dracula story.

"...Directed by: Guy Maddin. Starring: Zhang Wei-Qiang, Tara Birtwhistle, David Moroni, CindyMarie Small and Johnny Wright. Canadian filmmaker Guy..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Dead Ringers

Re-examining Cronenberg's overlooked masterpiece now on Blu-ray

"...Scream Factory) was a point of astounding transition for David Cronenberg. His previous major works, beginning with Rabid and..."

Nov. 30, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...expect are Touch from Paul Schrader, Lost Highway from David Lynch, the infamous Crash from David Cronenberg, Waiting for..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Arrebato

Addicted to filmmaking in this newly restored Spanish horror

"...filmmaker horror Arrebato feels of a piece with contemporaries David Cronenberg and Andrzej Żuławski, whose Possession has also had..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

In My Skin

Disturbing French drama about a woman who cuts her own skin as a prelude to gnawing on her flesh.

"...flesh reborn as a sapphically onanistic lover. It’s something David Cronenberg would understand at a cellular level, I think...."

Dec. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Demonlover

French mind-warper has a puzzle-box narrative and a soundtrack by Sonic Youth.

"...a sleekly perplexing mind-warper on par with some of David Cronenberg’s more outré offerings, is, "What the hell?" The..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Yards

"...very bad end. Shore cut his teeth scoring for David Cronenberg's gelatinous thrillers Videodrome and The Fly, and although..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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